1 month ago | By Time
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as President on March 4, 1933, a quarter of Americans were unemployed and multitudes were living in shanty-towns. By the end of his first 100 days in office, he had pushed 15 bills through Congress, revamped the financial and agricultural systems, expanded unemployment relief and laid the foundation for economic recovery.
Nine decades later, another Democrat, Joseph R. Biden Jr., ascends to the White House at a time of extraordinary crisis. A once-in-a-century pandemic has killed more than 400,000 Americans and erased nearly 10 million jobs. The...
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1 month ago | By The Washington Post
On his first full day in office, the president plans to focus on the top priority of his new administration: dealing with many aspects of the public health crisis.
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1 month ago | By Bloomberg
U.S. President Joe Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies.
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1 month ago | By NPR
It's President Biden's first full day in office. One subject getting immediate attention: overhaul of the U.S. immigration system. Plus, new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are starting to trend downward.
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1 month ago | By WESH
President Joe Biden's first full day in office Thursday will include an intelligence briefing and a meeting with his administration's COVID-19 team.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday called for the Senate to quickly pass his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which the House approved early Saturday morning. “I hope it... Read more ...
Summary List Placement Warren Buffett released his yearly letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. The investor warned that frenzies around fad stocks eventually... Read more ...
Summary List Placement A federal judge has approved a settlement in which Facebook will pay $650 million to users who sued the social media company over its tagging... Read more ...
Summary List Placement A Delta Air Lines passenger is facing a $27,500 fine for hitting a flight attendant, according to the Federal Aviation Administration . The unnamed... Read more ...
Summary List Placement House Democrats approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion emergency spending package in a 219-212 vote early on Saturday morning, sending the... Read more ...
Summary List Placement The FBI has narrowed in on a suspect in the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, The New York Times reported Friday. Sicknick was among the... Read more ...
Summary List Placement On Friday, a federal judge ruled that a member of a far-right militia group who stormed the US Capitol building will remain in jail after she petitioned... Read more ...
Summary List Placement Subscription Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will defend the WBC and WBA super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim on February 27 at the Hard Rock Stadium... Read more ...
Summary List Placement Businesses across the US are accepting cash only as their credit-card payments systems are down. Customers on Twitter reported outages at Ikea , Forever... Read more ...
L Summary List Placement House Democrats were on course to vote on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package later on Friday as lawmakers rushed to rescue a key... Read more ...